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Review of Strange World (2022)

By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for The Associated Press (882) on 23 Nov 2022

Disney’s pleasantly entertaining, gorgeously rendered but slightly heavy-handed meditation on climate change and father-son dynamics…

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Review of She Said (2022)

By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for The Associated Press (882) on 17 Nov 2022

She Said, a worthy entry to a film genre that includes “Spotlight” and of course “All the President’s Men,” isn’t just about the…

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Review of The Good Nurse (2022)

By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for The Associated Press (882) on 25 Oct 2022

To the filmmakers’ credit, they don’t manufacture a motivation where there wasn’t one. There’s no need…

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Review of My Policeman (2022)

By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for The Associated Press (882) on 19 Oct 2022

The biggest challenge for Styles, and for the studio that lists him as one of a six-actor ensemble — albeit at the top of the list, they’re…

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Review of Halloween Ends (2022)

By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for The Associated Press (882) on 17 Oct 2022

Did you want closure in a satisfyingly coherent way? That’s not what you’ll get…

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Review of Blonde (2022)

By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for The Associated Press (882) on 16 Sep 2022

What “Blonde” IS is ambitious. Far-reaching, at times perhaps too far…

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Review of Three Minutes: A Lengthening (2022)

By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for The Associated Press (882) on 18 Aug 2022

At the end, one feels gratitude not only for Stigter’s painstaking work, but to author Kurtz and of course his grandfather, just a man with…

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Review of Easter Sunday (2022)

By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for The Associated Press (882) on 05 Aug 2022

Food, family, a big karaoke scene … and a spotlight on an immigrant community underrepresented in Hollywood…

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Review of The Gray Man (2022)

By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for The Associated Press (882) on 20 Jul 2022

It’s hard not to think of the title when contemplating the overall effect of a film that spares no expense to entertain, yet ends up feeling…

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Review of Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)

By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for The Associated Press (882) on 13 Jul 2022

All the buzz and talent around a tale that’s sold more than 12 million copies can’t thoroughly mask a sometimes corny, often clunky script,…

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Review of Mr Malcolm's List (2022)

By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for The Associated Press (882) on 30 Jun 2022

Of course, you might ask, at a time of such turbulence in the world, what do 19th century upper-class romantic machinations have to do with,…

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Review of Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022)

By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for The Associated Press (882) on 16 Jun 2022

Raiff’s writing and direction keep the action moving crisply, and he knows his world — set not in Dallas but in Livingston, New Jersey…

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Review of The Phantom of the Open (2022)

By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for The Associated Press (882) on 01 Jun 2022

Rylance is also one of those few actors who can power an entire film, and The Phantom of the Open definitely rides on the strength of his signature…

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Review of Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)

By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for The Associated Press (882) on 18 May 2022

In the end, “A New Era” is a misnomer of a title — not much has changed, which actually may be the best gift to “Downton” fans…

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Review of On the Count of Three (2022)

By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for The Associated Press (882) on 11 May 2022

Not surprisingly, Carmichael proves a director who is nothing if not confident and comfortable with the UNcomfortable…

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Review of The Duke (2021)

By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for The Associated Press (882) on 20 Apr 2022

[Michell] imbues his last film with so much charm, wit and good storytelling that he, too, cannot help but win…

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Review of Mothering Sunday (2021)

By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for The Associated Press (882) on 22 Mar 2022

Memory is selective, memory is jumbled, memory travels in different directions…

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Review of Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)

By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for The Associated Press (882) on 18 Feb 2022

The question does arise not long into this, the 10th movie in the “Chainsaw” oeuvre: Did we really need another…

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Review of Blacklight (2022)

By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for The Associated Press (882) on 10 Feb 2022

As for Neeson, what can we say? He could keep doing this ’til he’s 80, but surely there’s something better out there…

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Review of Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America (2022)

By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for The Associated Press (882) on 13 Jan 2022

If the format of a lecture is inherently limiting, the directors do a superb job of weaving a compelling visual — and emotional — experience…

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